From the recording Neatness ©2016 (remix 2020)
Lyrics
WHEN I WAS A KID AT SCHOOL MY TEACHER USED TO SAY
WHY DON’T YOU PICK UP THAT PEN AND PAPER
I SAID IT TO MYSELF, YOU SILLY LITTLE BITCH
I SAID, WHY SHOULD I STRETCH
EVERY SINGLE DAY I USED TO MAKE A NOISE AND SWEAR
I USED TO FIGHT IN THE PLAYGROUND
KICKED SOMEONE IN THE BALLS, THE PRINCIPAL SAW
HE GRABBED ME BY THE COLLAR
MY TIE WAS ALL SKEW, MY HAIR WAS IN A MESS
MY SHOES WERE ALL SCUFFED I COULDN’T CARE LESS
I FAILED THE TEST, YEAH
STOP THE EVOLUTION (THE TTT TEACHER YELLED)
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
I WAS KICKING OVER DUSTBINS, THROWING STONES AT WINDOWS
AND PASSING OUT ON THE PAVEMENT
MAKING OUT WITH BAD GIRLS, I WOKE EVERY MORNING
A SCHOOL BOY ON MY KNEES
MY TIE WAS ALL SKEW, MY HAIR WAS IN A MESS
MY SHOES WERE ALL SCUFFED I COULDN’T CARE LESS
I FAILED THE TEST, YEAH
STOP THE EVOLUTION (THE TTT TEACHER YELLED)
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
N, N, N ……NEATNESS
MY TIE WAS ALL SKEW, MY HAIR WAS IN A MESS
MY SHOES WERE ALL SCUFFED I COULDN’T CARE LESS
I FAILED THE TEST, YEAH
STOP THE EVOLUTION (THE TTT TEACHER YELLED)
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
NEATNESS, NEATNESS
NEAT
©2016 Gavin Gold